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Re:Warning from OpenAI leaders helped trigger Sam Altman's o... by bugglebeetle on Friday December 08, 2023 @04:51PM (#38575034)
Truly, the psychopath torturing animals with live current in public is the man to emulate!
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Re:Warning from OpenAI leaders helped trigger Sam Altman's o... by ChickeNES on Saturday December 09, 2023 @12:42AM (#38578976)
Never happened, that's an urban legend
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Re:Warning from OpenAI leaders helped trigger Sam Altman's o... by bugglebeetle on Saturday December 09, 2023 @01:35AM (#38579250)
>Eventually, Edison’s team would kill 44 dogs, six calves, and two horses in their quest to discredit alternating current.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/the-cruel-animal...

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Re:Warning from OpenAI leaders helped trigger Sam Altman's o... by ChickeNES on Saturday December 09, 2023 @02:22AM (#38579496)
Okay, I might have to mea culpa here, as I thought it was a reference to the infamous Topsy the elephant, which Edison was not involved with.
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